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That “impossible” Greek computer is real, and its secrets keep spilling out

The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ...
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Found a Hidden Computer From the Roman Empire—and Solved Its Mysterious Secret

Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an enduring mystery surrounding what it was used for. Now ...
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The Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism: Was This The World's First Computer?

Antikythera is a diamond-shaped island in the Mediterranean Sea, situated between Greece's mainland and the island of Crete. It's small, covering just 8 square miles, and the population holds stable ...
PC Gamer

Researchers propose a 'day zero' for the oldest computer ever discovered

Built some time between 200 BC and 60 BC, the Antikythera mechanism is the oldest known computer mechanism in existence. This ancient, geared device for tracking the heavens is in pretty bad shape ...
The New York Times

Cosmic Research Hints at Mysterious Ancient Computer’s Purpose

Scientists used techniques from the field of gravitational wave astronomy to argue that the Antikythera mechanism contained a lunar calendar. By Becky Ferreira The Antikythera mechanism, an ingenious ...